TS 5.7.1 requires that the licensee control access to areas where dose rates measured 30 centimeters from the source of radiation exceed 100 millirem per hour. These controls include use of a radiation work permit that includes specification of radiation protection measures, and that entry personnel are made knowledgeable of the dose rates in the area. Contrary to this requirement, on March 21, 2008, a worker entered the Unit 1 recombiner pipe tunnel room, a posted
high radiation area, but was not on a radiation work permit which authorized entry into
high radiation areas, nor had the worker been briefed on dose rates in the area. This was identified in the licensee=s
CAP as CR 998320. This finding is of very low safety significance because the worker immediately exited the area when the electronic dosimeter he was wearing alarmed due to the elevated dose rate, and the worker received only 0.2 millirem
